The President announced today his intention to nominate John E.
Lange to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana.

Mr. John Lange, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor. He has been the Deputy
Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
since December l997. He was Charge d'Affaires, a.i., from early
January to early September l998 and led the Mission following the
tragic terrorist bombing of the Embassy on August 7. Mr. Lange earlier
served as Deputy of the Office of East African Affairs in the
Department of State and as Counselor for Refugee and Migration Affairs
at the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Geneva. He also
has been stationed in West Africa (Lome, Togo) and at U.S. Embassies in
Paris and Mexico City. Prior to joining the diplomatic service in
l98l, he spent five years at the United Nations Association of the USA
in New York.

Mr. Lange received a J.D. degree (cum laude) from the University
of Wisconsin Law School in l975. In l996, he was a distinguished
graduate of the National War College and received a Master of Science
degree in National Security Strategy. He speaks French and Spanish.